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The final day of pre-season testing went well again for the Sauber F1 Team with Felipe Nasr driving the Sauber C34-Ferrari. In total the Brazilian completed 159 laps. Today the focus was once more on race preparation with short and long runs.

Another positive day for the Sauber F1 Team with Felipe Nasr behind the wheel of the Sauber C34-Ferrari. Today the team went through a similar programme to the day before, focusing on aero measurements, set-up work, race simulation and short-runs. In total, Felipe Nasr completed 141 laps.

The first day of the second test in Barcelona started off well for the the Sauber F1 Team with Marcus Ericsson driving the Sauber C34-Ferrari. In the morning the team was able to do aero measurements and practice starts.

Marcus Ericsson was again driving the Sauber C34-Ferrari for the third day of testing on the Circuit de Catalunya. Due to a gearbox issue from yesterday, the Sauber F1 Team lost almost the whole morning session.

Felipe Nasr was behind the wheel of the Sauber C34-Ferrari for the first day of testing in Barcelona. The Sauber F1 Team was able to fulfil its programme in the morning, which consisted of measurements as well as testing different mechanical and aerodynamic set-ups.

On the fourth and final day of testing in Jerez de la Frontera Marcus Ericsson was driving the Sauber C34.

In the morning the track was still damp, therefore running was limited. Later the track dried out, and the conditions were very good. Marcus completed 112 laps, mainly concentrating on aero scans and race preparation.

Tomorrow, for the last day of the Jerez test, it will be Marcus Ericsson behind the wheel of the Sauber C34-Ferrari.

On day three of the test in Jerez it was again Felipe Nasr behind the wheel of the Sauber C34. With the track damp in the morning, he ran on wet tyres as well as on slicks to make some comparisons. With dry conditions in the course of the afternoon he used different dry compounds and set a best time of 1:21.545 min, which was the fastest of the day overall. Read the rest of this entry »

The Sauber F1 Team enjoyed another successful day of testing in Jerez.

For the first time Felipe Naser was driving the Sauber C34, and he was able to complete 88 laps. He mainly concentrated on becoming familiar with the car and its systems. During the entire day, the car ran absolutely trouble-free. Read the rest of this entry »

The Sauber F1 Team enjoyed a successful roll-out of the Sauber C34-Ferrari in Jerez.

At exactly 09.00 hours Marcus Ericsson took to the track for the very first time. The car worked fine right from the beginning, and Marcus was able to complete 73 mainly trouble-free laps. Read the rest of this entry »

Sauber has singled out its ‘power unit’ as a major cause of its struggles in 2014.

The Swiss outfit and Caterham are the only teams yet to score a single point this year. Chief engineer Giampaolo Dall’Ara on Wednesday acknowleged to Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport that the C33 is not the best car Hinwil has ever produced. Read the rest of this entry »